Visite ma tente

The German term "Fisimatenten" ["messing about"] derives in popular etymology from the French invitation "Visite ma tente!" ["Visit my tent"].
During Napoleon's occupation of Germany, mothers in the Rhineland would warn their daughters not to let themselves be seduced by French soldiers: "Don't do any Fisimatenten!" [Don't mess about!]. "Visite ma tente" was the sentence that the French soldiers used to invite German girls to their tents.

The objects selected for Romans sur Isère are usable tent constructions, modelled on the bunkers of the Atlantic embankment. The tradition of territorial fortifications died out with these Second World War bunkers, which have become tourist attractions, like their predecessors, "city walls" and "castles." The view from the bunker, enabling the observation and control of as broad as possible a stretch of land, can be likened to the relaxing vistas of the touristic experience.
In the exhibition Camping 2000 this indissoluble combination of military strategy and private-touristic actions became particularly apparent through the location in a camp site.

The tents are made of the usual tent canvas, metal poles and guy lines.